Spend more on cpu or gpu?

[xzyzer]

Ok so i have a very strict budget of $400 (for everything)and i have everything, set to buy except the Gpu and cpu, So far a I am going to get a g3258 but i feel it will bottleneck in BF4 and such and the Gpu is the r7 265, so should i get a better cpu? or an AMD alternative, or get a better GPU and keep the g3258? BTW I am only getting my parts from newegg, for convenience, and I am 16

 

[ilicalek]

Well getting a better GPU with that particular CPU would serve no purpose as the CPU will bottleneck (if you don't plan on overclocking that is). The specs you posted should give you no bottlenecks. When it comes down to games I stand on the wrong path as I'm not that much of a gamer, but with games you should always try to squeeze out the best GPU (up to a point where CPU is not a bottleneck of course) as it is the main delimiter for performance. I haven't had the pleasure to test BF4 myself but from other sources I've heard that it does utilize quite a bit of threads and requires a better CPU (don't hold onto my word for that).

If I understood you correctly, you have 400$ budget for CPU and GPU. I'm not that much of an AMD lover but when it comes to budget picking they offer more value for the price I have to say. If you can squeeze out the money go out for an i5-4460 otherwise go with FX-8320.
For GPU I would pick something like r9 270x or r9 280.

 

[xzyzer]

No the $400 is the whole budget.
Would an i3 be better?

 

[ilicalek]

Well yes and no, it really depends on what you want to do with your setup. Pentium is only a dual-core which is a big disadvantage when it comes to multitasking and gaming, however it allows 30%-40% increase when overclocked. It is a beast when overclocked as its single cores are really strong. However overclocking requires a good motherboard and after market cooler. i3's also have 2 cores but offer better multi-threading performance as they have hyperthreading resulting in 4 threads which does count a lot. They are also much better performing at stock. TL;DR if you don't plan on OCing i3's are much better

What exact components are missing for your build, what is the exact budget you have left and what components you already have/plan on using. That info would greatly help as that info would allow me to choose aproppriately.

 

[xzyzer]

I have about $30 headroom, (with 760k $78) rather than a g3258, and just an MSI fm2/fm2+ mobo, ($48) gskill sniper ram 8gb ($67) Corsair 500 PSU Refurb, ($30), the case is $24, and r7 265 Refurb ($120).

 

[ilicalek]

That is a solid build for that budget as long as you don't expect too much from it. AMD really is a king of budget no question about that. Take a look at this chart (with x4 750k)

As you can see there is no need to get a better CPU if you are planning on getting R7 series GPU. You can also squeeze out R9 270 or R9 270x with a little overclock on that CPU
Overall that is a nice budget build with no bottlenecks.

 

[xzyzer]

ok but really quick, the fx 6300 with 4gb ram is the same price as a 760k with 8gb ram so which one out of that

 

[ilicalek]

If you can get a decent AM3+ motherboard (something like Gigabyte GA-970A-UD3 series) go with FX 6300, that is really a no brainer. It will be a noticable improvement over 760k and you can always upgrade RAM on the fly later on as it is not that expensive.